{"id":171955,"date":"2022-03-03T21:20:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=171955"},"modified":"2022-03-03T21:20:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T15:50:13","slug":"finance-minister-launches-e-bill-system-on-46th-civil-accounts-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/finance-minister-launches-e-bill-system-on-46th-civil-accounts-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance Minister launches e-Bill system on 46th Civil Accounts Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Union Minister for Finance has launched the e-Bill system for Central Government Ministries on the 46<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Civil Accounts Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the e-Bill System?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Aim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To make the entire process of submission and backend processing of bills completely paperless and transparent for Central Government Ministries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Developed by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Financial Management System (PFMS) Division in the office of the Controller General of Accounts in the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Objectives of the System:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Provide convenience to all vendors\/suppliers of the government to submit their bills\/claims at any time, from anywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Eliminate physical interface between suppliers and government officers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Enhance efficiency in processing bills\/claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Reduce discretion in the processing of bills through the \u201cFirst-In-First-Out\u201d(FIFO) method.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the significance of the launch of the e-Bill System?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, the suppliers of various goods and services to the Government have to submit physical copies of their bills to the respective Ministries. Similarly, government employees also need to submit hard copies of their claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to this, the suppliers need to visit the offices to deliver bills. Moreover, they are unable to track the status of the processing of their bills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But under this e-Bill system, vendors\/suppliers can upload their bills online along with supporting documents at any time through digital signature. For those not having a digital signature, the facility of e-sign using the Aadhaar has also been provided.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: This post is based on the article <b>\u201c<\/b><b>Finance Minister launches e-Bill system on 46th Civil Accounts Day<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b>published in <b>PIB <\/b>on <b>3rd March 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? The Union Minister for Finance has launched the e-Bill system for Central Government Ministries on the 46th Civil Accounts Day. What is the e-Bill System? Aim: To make the entire process of submission and backend processing of bills completely paperless and transparent for Central Government Ministries. 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